A Moody Family Journal

Edmond was recently diagnosed with severe sleep apnea, and we are both relieved and heartbroken by the diagnoses. In the relieved column, we finally have a probable answer for a few mysteries: from day one, I’ve tried to gear our parenting towards raising a calm, peaceful child. And Edmond has, inevitably, always been the most…… Continue reading Edmond is Sleepy

You guyzzzz. This baby is so wonderful. At 4 months, Oliver laughs and smiles and coos and is starting to babble a bit. He has rolled over several times now from his belly to his back, and a few times from his back to his belly, but he tends to pretty much stay put. I’m…… Continue reading Oliver at 4 months

Oliver Joseph is 3 months old, and out of the “4th trimester.” He is a rolly polly happy little fellow. It already feels like he snuggles, and he gives the sweetest smiles and laughs. He has rolled over once from his back to his front, but didn’t seem to enjoy it too much and hasn’t…… Continue reading Oliver at 3 months

Our sweet Ollie is 2 months old today! He is making the sweetest coos and gurgles, smiles so often, laughs (mostly in his sleep), and loves any attention from Edmond. His favorites are nursing, sleeping, and smiling at the hanging candelier above our bed – he is seriously in love with it and tries to reach…… Continue reading Oliver at 2 Months

Before it gets too much hazier, I wanted to write down some things about Oliver’s birth as I remember it. It could not have been more different from Edmond’s birth (my account of which you can read here). Every labor is so different! This pregnancy, from start to finish, felt harder than my last one.…… Continue reading The Birth of Oliver Joseph Moody

One month ago today we welcomed our sweet Oliver Joseph into the family, and it continues to amaze me how peacefully he turned our family into a family of four. We can’t imagine life without him! At one month old, Oliver hardly ever cries. I mean, don’t get me wrong, he can wail, but it is…… Continue reading Oliver at 1 Month

I was in college when I first began my slow move away from my evangelical past. I think there are many reasons why this happened, and I’m not sure if there was a specific passage or chapter that brought about this change in me, but I do remember grappling a lot with Nietzche’s The Gay Science. One…… Continue reading Positivity in Parenting

Our son is about as wild and full of energy as they come. From dawn till past dusk, he runs, jumps, climbs, wiggles, and bounces. He is also a little smartie pants. He recites monologues from books, is in character constantly (either as Peter Rabbit or Paddington Bear), and loves to make up songs. Jonathan…… Continue reading What Parenting Looks Like These Days

2016 was a really strange year, and I’d be lying if I said I loved it. After two years of living a fairly typical American life – Jonathan worked 60 hours a week while I stayed home with Edmond – in June we embarked on something radically different: we’re both home most of the time. It…… Continue reading Mondays

Practice a little yoga everyday. Run a little everyday. Read a book a week. Write every day. Blog frequently. Be more forgiving of myself and others. Practice gratitude. So some of these are more like my ethos than any new resolution, but I’m excited for 2017 and life on our little 3/4 acre homestead.